14/07/2015 - The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, was today in Naqoura in Southern Lebanon on a visit to the UNIFIL mission headquarters.
11/07/2015 - The JULIA Alpine Brigade and the Confartigianato of Udine yesterday presented a cooperation project that provides for the carrying out of some basic training courses for craftsmen in favor of Afghan workers.
10/07/2015 - On a peak of Mount Zec, west of Sarajevo, the ceremony for the laying of wreaths took place yesterday at the Monument to the memory of the Air Force "Lyra34" aviators, who fell on September 3, 1992 during the conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH).
10/07/2015 - The Italian military contingent based on the 132nd Tank Regiment, of Cordenons (PN), framed in the Multinational Battle Group West of KFOR, donated the materials necessary for the restoration and safety of a road in Goradzevac, a village with a Serb majority in the municipality of Pec / Peja.
09/07/2015 - Shama, In recent days the Italian contingent of UNIFIL, based on the "Friuli" Aircraft Brigade, has delivered eight hospital beds to the "Governmental Hospital" of Qana, donated by the "Rotary Club Mede Aureum".
09/07/2015 - (Al Mansouri) The general of division Luciano Portolano, head of mission and force commander of UNIFIL has visited, at the base of Al Mansouri UNP 1-26, the Task Force of ITALBATT on base Regiment Genoa Cavalleria (4 °).
06/07/2015 - The President of the Republic of Kosovo, Atifete Jahjaga met the commander of KFOR, Major General Francesco Paolo Figliuolo this morning at Camp Film City, headquarters of the multinational NATO force in Kosovo.
02/07/2015 - The Italian soldiers employed at the command of the NATO mission "Resolute Support" (RS) in Kabul have donated basic necessities to the Allaudin orphanage in the Afghan capital acquired with the proceeds collected, for charity, with the foot race "Run with Italy for Charity ”organized on 7 June last, on the occasion of the celebrations for the LXIX anniversary of the Republic.
30/06/2015 - At the École Militaire Inter Armes (Inter Arma Military School), the course for squad and platoon commanders has ended in favor of 154 Malian officer cadets, many of whom are about to take command of the units located throughout Mali.
26/06/2015 - Following the visit of the European Commissioner for the Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, the divisional general, Luciano Portolano, head of mission and commander of the UNIFIL Forces, met the vice president of the European parliament, David Sassoli, in Beirut.
26/06/2015 - Yesterday, at the Jazeera Training Camp located near the international airport of Mogadishu, the final ceremony of the 1st "Train the Trainers" Course and the 1st Course for Company Commanders took place, planned, organized and conducted by instructors Italians of EUTM Somalia in collaboration with the National Army of Somalia, AMISOM (Africa Union Mission in Somalia) and UNSOM (United Nations in Somalia).
26/06/2015 - The Italian contingent of UNIFIL, based on the “Friuli” Aircraft Brigade, has completed and inaugurated an important Civil and Military Cooperation project consisting in the construction of a road in the village of Hannawiyah, in southern Lebanon.
25/06/2015 - The European Commissioner for the Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, yesterday visited Naqoura to meet the divisional general Luciano Portolano, head of the mission and commander of the UNIFIL forces in South Lebanon.
24/06/2015 - The carabinieri of Police Advisor Team (PAT) operating at the military base of "Camp Arena", home of the Train Advise Command West (TAAC W), Italian command on the basis of the "Julia" Alpine Brigade, have just completed the "Close Protection Team" course.
24/06/2015 - The ITALAIR Task Force was activated for a medical evacuation (CASEVAC - casualty evacuation) for the recovery, by helicopter, of a French UNIFIL military man with suspected cerebral ischemia in southern Lebanon.
23/06/2015 - Nave Libeccio has entered the heart of the Atalanta operation. During a reconnaissance flight of their helicopter, two typical local boats were observed (fishing dhows) apparently devoted to fishing.
22/06/2015 - In the first two weeks of June, at “Camp Arena”, seat of the Train Advise Assist Command West on the basis of the "Julia" Alpine Brigade, the Carabinieri of the Police Advisor Team (PAT) organized and conducted two important courses on Social Networks and medical procedures, aimed at the personnel of the Afghan Police in the province of Herat.
22/06/2015 - The Tornadoes of the Air Force, made available by Italy in support of the International Coalition to counter the threat posed by Daesh, have passed the coveted milestone of 1000 hours of flight.
22/06/2015 - (Lebanon) In recent days, the instructors of the Italian Bilateral Military Mission in Lebanon (MIBIL) have concluded the first course Counter-Sniping in favor of personnel belonging to the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF).
22/06/2015 - During the morning of June 17, the Italian Task Force Air (TFA) of Šiauliai delivered to the local orphanage an apparatus that allows a child suffering from severe motor dysfunctions to be able to improve their living conditions and be able to move even in an upright position ( so-called verticalizer).